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What doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly , 
and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy 
God? —Micah 6:8. 

“The most perfect form of Christianity is just the 
abiding sense of loyalty to a divine Master 


Mak 15 1920 


Copyright, 1920 by 

National Board of the Young Womens Christian 
Associations of the United States of America 


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PROGRAM OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S CLUBS 
1920 

When one uses the term “religious education”, the mental 
images called up are many and various, as each one puts into 
the term a content that fits his idea of religion and of education. 
To attempt to define either religion or education is difficult, as 
both stand for something that quite escapes the limitations of any 
definition. Yet what does one mean by “religious education”? 

Someone has said that to teach is to cause another to know, 
and certainly “to know” is the great desire of life and one of 
the objects of all educational effort. When applied to a quest 
for spiritual truth, the desire becomes still more urgent, as the 
meaning of life lies hidden in its interpretation. For many this 
quest, with its resultant insight, is religion. For the Christian 
the mind of Christ must be the standard of truth, as to know 
His teaching and to apply His principles is the aim of all 
endeavor. This for him is both religion and education and is 
as broad as life itself. 

This program is intended in no way to cover the fields of 
thought indicated here. It is intended to be suggestive of the 
endless possibilities of religious education inherent in all phases 
of modern life. If in any way an impulse is given to creative 
thought which demands spiritual power, through these studies its 
purpose will have been served. To those who have boundless 
faith in the ultimate triumph of the Spirit of God working 
through man toward the solution of life’s problems come again 
with prophetic force the ringing words: 

“All we have willed or hoped or dreamed of good shall exist; 

Not its semblance, but itself.” —Browning. 

In this spirit life becomes a great challenge to achievement, a 
call to the human spirit to seek and to find the good—the full¬ 
ness of life which is its birthright. May these suggestions be to 
some extent a guide to that end. 

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FORUM AND DISCUSSION GROUPS 

What are the moral issues involved in, and the Christian 
approach to,, the solution of some of the questions of present 
concern, as: the management and control of industry, the main¬ 
tenance of adequate standards of living, the responsibility of the 
ballot for women, inter-racial relationships, the safeguarding of 
world peace? 

Discussion to be intelligent must be based upon thought, 
experience and observation. For backgrounds of thought the 
following books are suggested in relation to: 

I. THE INDUSTRIAL SITUATION 
The New Spirit in Industry, E. Ernest Johnson 

A hand-book of labor aims and organization. A book that 
can be easily taken up by chapters for discussion, or may 
be used as a text book. Much valuable information is con¬ 
densed within a comparatively few pages. 

The Creative Impulse in Industry, Helen Marot 

Miss Marot shows in her book that “productive force really 
depends (among free workers) on satisfaction of the crea¬ 
tive impulse, and that impulse in the worker must be rec¬ 
ognized and educated.” Dr. John Dewey says of this book: 

. “It is a forceful and vivid presentation of a point of view 
with respect to education which is as novel as it is illu¬ 
minating.” This “point of view” holds good not only for 
industry but for all life. 

Questions for Discussion 

The editor of a well-known publication that has to do largely 
with economic and social questions says, “It is perfectly possible 
to carry on discussions, as they are often carried on by employ¬ 
ment managers, without touching the fundamental fact that labor 
cannot be held responsible, nor will there be full return in pro¬ 
duction, while the financial end of industry is carried on for the 
sake of profits; that is, discussions around this subject invariably 
stress the need of labor’s being responsible and of working in the 
spirit of service without admitting that this attitude toward labor 
is inconsistent with present-day industrial finance.” 

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In the light of this, discuss: 

(1) Labor participation in industry. 

(2) The irresponsible position of labor in the industrial 
situation as it is run. 

(3) The need of industrial reorganization for service in¬ 
stead of exploitation. 

(4) The waste of human effort. 


The following section of the program from I to VIII was 
prepared for the Student Committee, and is used with their 
permission. Each one of the eight topics could be very profit¬ 
ably discussed. 

1. The Living Wage and Religion 

Some Facts 

Monthly Bulletin, Department of Labor, Industrial Com¬ 
mission, Albany, N. Y. (Last page containing average 
weekly earnings in representative New York State fac¬ 
tories.) 

A Living Wage for Working Women of the Post- 
War PERIOD, National Consumers’ League, 289 Fourth 
Avenue, New York City. 

Women as Munition Workers, Amy Hewes, Russell 
Sage Foundation, 1 30 East 22nd Street, New York City. 
Wages of Women in Muslin Underwear, Petticoat 
and Other Factories in Massachusetts, Bulletin 
No. 14, Massachusetts Minimum Wage Commission, Bos¬ 
ton, Mass. 

Wages of Women in Candy Factories in Massachu¬ 
setts (same address as above). 

Wages in Cotton Goods Manufacturing and Finish¬ 
ing, Bulletin No. 239, Bureau of Labor Statistics, De¬ 
partment of Labor, Washington, D. C. 

Weekly Earnings of Women in Five Industries in 
New York, Bulletin No. 92, Industrial Commission, 
Department of Labor, Albany, N. Y. 

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Some Interpretations 


The Living Wage as a Religious Necessity, Harry 
Ward. Baptist Publication Society, 1 701 Chestnut Street, 
Philadelphia. 25 cents. 

The Path of Labor, pages 50-56. Council of Women for 
Home Missions, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 
The Bible and Social Living, Harry Ward. Part II. 
Teachers’ Manual, pages 90-95. 

Students* Text Book, pages 87-92. 

T he Labor Movement, Harry Ward, Chapter V. 
Poverty and Wealth, Harry Ward, Chapter VI. 

The Gospel for a Working World, Harry Ward, Chap¬ 
ter III. 

Living Wages for Women, The Public, Sept. 27, page 
1039. 

2. The Right to Leisure 

Labor Laws for Women in Indiana, Bulletin No. 2 of 
the Women in Industry Service, Department of Labor, 
Washington, D. C. 

Christianizing Community Life, Ward-Edwards, pages 
87-88. 

The Labor Movement, Ward, Chapter IV. 

The Gospel for a Working World, Ward, Chapter II. 

3. The Struggle for Industrial Freedom 

Labor and the New Social Order, Program of the 
British Labour Party. New Republic, New York City. 
10 cents. 

The National Guilds Movement in Great Britain, 
G. D. H. Cole, Monthly Labor Review, July, page 24. 
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D. C. 

The Labor Movement, Ward, Chapter VIII. 

The New Spirit in Industry, Johnson, Chapter IV. 

The Gospel for a Working World, Ward, Chapter VI. 
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4. The Christian Attitude Toward the Control and Ownership 

of Natural Resources 

Labor and the New Social Order, Program of the 
British Labour Party. See Topic III. 

Socialism in Thought and Action, Laidler. 

Poverty and Wealth, Ward, Chapter XIII. 

Feudalism in California, Survey, May 24, page 310. 
Unemployment and Natural Resources, Benton Mac- 
Kaye, Department of Labor, Washington, D. C. 

My Neighbor’s Landmark, Frederick Verinder, Joseph 
Fels Fund Commission, Blymyer Building, Cincinnati. 
(Church Pronouncements under “Books and Articles 
That All Should Read.’’) 

5. Economic Inequality in the United States—Is It Christian? 

Can Real Wages Be Raised? Dial, New York, Septem¬ 
ber 6 , page 187. 

Wealth and Income in the United States, W. I. King. 
INCOME, Scott Nearing. 

Poverty and Wealth, Ward, Chapters VIII and XII. 
(Pronouncements of Church Bodies in the United States 
as listed under “Books and Articles All Should Read.’’) 

6. The Christian Attitude Toward Property 

Property—Its Rights and Duties, Gore and others. 
Macmillan Co., New York. 

The Gospel for a Working World, Chapter VIII 
Ward. 

(Church Pronouncements as above.) 

7. Mexican Intervention—Should Christians Advocate It? 

ARTICLE, Central Christian Advocate, August 27, page 7. 

1121 McGee Street, Kansas City, Mo. 

Oil and Intervention in Mexico, The Nation, April 12, 
page 538. 


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The Plot Against Mexico, The Nation, July 12, page 
37; July 26, page 107; August 9, page 165. 

8. The Plumb Plan—Is It a Concrete Expression of Any of 
the Principles Advocated by Christian Bodies? 

The Plumb Plan, NewTlepublic, August 20. 

A Railroad Symposium, The Nation, August 16. 

The A, B, C of the Plumb Plan, Plumb Plan League, 
Munsey Building, Washington, D. C. 


An Industrial Notebook compiled by the Research Section 
of the Industrial Committee of the National Board of the 
Young Womens Christian Associations is a new way of 
keeping industrial secretaries informed concerning indus¬ 
trial problems of the day. The notebook is loose-leaf in 
form and contains material on maps and charts, magazine 
and book notes, topical outlines for study, programs for 
reconstruction, state industrial information, state laws 
relating to women workers, studies of various industries, 
special articles on industrial topics and carefully prepared 
bibliographies. It is a mine of information and material 
for discussion group purposes. The Notebook is not gen¬ 
erally available but is in the hands of nearly every local 
industrial secretary. Much of the information contained 
in it may be obtained in pamphlet form from The Womans 
Press, 600 Lexington Avenue, New York. 

Three sections of the INDUSTRIAL NOTEBOOK have been 
published in booklet form: Reconstruction Programs, A Com¬ 
parative Study of Their Content and of the Viewpoints of the 
Issuing Organizations; Questions on Community Problems; and 
State Laws Affecting Women in the United States. These can 
all be obtained from The Womans Press. 

Woman’s Work from Primitive Times to the Present, 
by Genevieve M. Fox, contains topics and references for 
the help of discussional groups. 

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Legal Recognition of Industrial Women, by Eleanor 
L. Lattimore, Ph.D., and Ray S. Trent, B.D. Dis¬ 
cusses briefly the problems involved in woman labor and 
the various legal remedies which have been devised for 
meeting these problems. Free from the Industrial Com¬ 
mittee, Department of Research and Method, National 
Board, Young Womens Christian Associations. 

AIMS of Labor, by Arthur Henderson, sets forth the aims of 
the British Labour Party. Alexander Mackendrick says 
of it, “Probably the most epoch-marking, if not epoch- 
making document that has been given to the world, not 
excepting the English Magna Charta, or the American 
Declaration of Independence.’’ A study of the book 
shows the similarity of British and American aims of 
labor.’’ 

The New Social Order in America—A Study Syllabus, 
by Hornell Hart, 449 Riddle Road, Cincinnati, is for 
discussion groups. It is a study of the basic principles of 
social justice and their application to modern society. 


Books and Articles That All Should Read 

The New Order, by Harry F. Ward, considers the ethical 
aspects of the various principles and programs of the new 
social order. 

The British Revolution and American Democracy, 
by Norman Angell, deals with such questions as, “Does 
ownership by the state, management by the workers, mark 
the future form of Democracy?’* 

The New Democracy, by Water E. Weyl, traces the prog¬ 
ress of America toward the goal of true Democracy. 

The Gospel for a Working World, by Harry F. Ward, 
has to do particularly with those conditions and relations 
in the world of work which are out of harmony with the 
teaching of the Gospel. 

Modern Problems as Jesus Saw Them, by Herman Har¬ 
rell Horne, masses in an interesting and conclusive form 
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the events of Jesus* life which brought Him into contact 
with a dozen different questions, as well as His actual 
teaching, so that each is approached from two points of 
view. This book lends itself to group discussion. 

American Labor and the War, Samuel Gompers. 

The Opportunity for Religion, Harry F. Ward. 

The Vested Interests, Thorstein Veblen. 

Pronouncements of religious organizations on industrial de¬ 
mocracy, as follows: 

The Christian Church and Industrial Conditions, 
Pamphlet 53, Department of Social Service and Evan¬ 
gelism, Methodist Church, 518 Wesley Building, Toronto, 
Canada. 

The Church and Social Reconstruction, Commission 
on the Church and Social Service, Federal Council of 
Churches, 105 East 22nd Street, New York. 

Findings of the Industrial Conference, Interchurch 
Movement, 1 11 Fifth Avenue, New York. 

Declaration of Methodist Bishops, Methodist Federa¬ 
tion for Social Service, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York. 

Declaration of the Northern Baptist Convention 
on the Social Question, Social Service Committee, 
1701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 


II. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BALLOT FOR WOMEN 
“Women will bring to the activities of government a new and 
sound point of view on subjects of the highest importance to the 
well-being of the state. Women have that to contribute in the 
way of special knowledge and special sympathy which the state 
can ill afford to be without.’*—Editorial in The Independent. 

The Young Woman Citizen, by Mary Austin, sets forth 
the principles of citizenship. “The significance of this book is 
its insistence upon conscious preparation for citizenship as wide 
as the world itself. The fundamental conviction on which the 
book is built is that the new day in world politics will come only 
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through the combined efforts of men and women who have faith 
in each other and who are willing to pay the cost of social 
awareness.’* 

Young Women in the New Social Order. A Study 
Outline, prepared by Mary L. Cady, for use with The Young 
Woman Citizen, which contains a reading list on citizenship, 
including newspapers, weekly and monthly magazines and books. 

The Woman Citizen, by Mary S. Boyd, is divided into 
two parts: 

Acquiring citizenship; a discussion of civil citizenship and 
political rights, and a table showing the suffrage qualifications 
of each state. 

Applying citizenship; a straightforward explanation of citi¬ 
zenship in county, city, state and federal government. 

The book contains an appendix which gives short accounts, 
written by women, of the aims and achievements of the prin¬ 
cipal political parties. 

Both of these books can be well used as the basis for dis¬ 
cussion of the meaning of citizenship for women. 


Information concerning the different political parties can be 
obtained at their various headquarters, or through watching their 
announcements in the newspapers and magazines. What are the 
principles for which each stands? 

National Non-partisan League Headquarters, St. Paul, Min¬ 
nesota, has the following publications that give a definite idea 
of the aims and organization of the League—National Non¬ 
partisan League: Origin, Purpose and Method of Operations; 
The Fighting Program; The New Day in North Dakota—A 
Synopsis of the Laws Making It; The Non-partisan Leader, 
paper published at Fargo, North Dakota. 

At the headquarters of the Intercollegiate Socialist Party, 70 
Fifth Avenue, New York, literature concerning their movement 
can be obtained. They issue: Study Courses in Socialism; 
Bibliographies on the subject; the Socialist Review, a bi-monthly 
publication. Socialism IN Thought AND ACTION, by Dr. 

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Harry W. Laidler, is the latest and most complete survey of 
Socialism and the Socialist movement here and abroad. 

The Cooperative League of America, Educational Building, 
2 West 1 3th Street, New York. 

From the Plumb Plan League, Munsey Building, Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., can be obtained their material which gives full 
information concerning their movement. 

The Committee of Forty-eight, 15 East 40th Street, New 
York, is a temporary organization formed for the purpose of 
assembling a national conference of the liberal and independent 
voters of the forty-eight states. It will be for the Conference 
to decide what form of permanent political organization can most 
effectively accomplish their purpose. (The Conference was held 
December 9-12, 1919, in St. Louis.) 

Republican Women’s National Executive Committee, 1623 
H Street, N. W., Washington, or 452 Fifth Avenue, New 
York, gives information concerning the Republican party. 

Democratic Club Headquarters are at 617 Fifth Avenue, 
New York. 

III. INTER-RACIAL RELATIONSHIPS 

Under competent leadership an evening could well be spent 
on each of the following subjects: 

America and the Orient, by Sidney L. Gulick. A 
constructive proposal for immigration and legislation concerning 
Orientals in particular, but covering the whole field. 

The Democratic Movement in Asia, by Tyler Den¬ 
nett. A study of the indirect aspects of Foreign Missions upon 
the political and social order in the Orient. 

Our Immigration and Naturalization Laws; also 
Immigration, Statistics and Charts. Leaflets of the 
National Committee for Constructive Immigration Legislation, 
105 East 22nd Street, New York, dealing with the legislative 
aspect of this great question. 

A Statement and Recommendation on the Pres¬ 
ent Racial Crisis. The Federal Council of the Churches of 
Christ in America, 105 East 22nd Street, New York, which 
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contains recommendations for a constructive program for just 
inter-racial relations. Also see their booklet, The Church and 
Social Reconstruction, page 1 3, “Justice to the Negro.” 

The Bureau of Religious Education, Department of Re¬ 
search and Method of the National Board, Young Womens 
Christian Associations, has an outline, World CITIZENSHIP 
Suggestions for Business and Professional Women’s 
Clubs, that gives a comparative study of the common problems 
facing women to-day the world over, listed under the four 
heads: Housing, Occupations, Recreation, Character-Building; 
to be used in forum and discussion groups. 

For further information and reading concerning our own race 
problem in America the following books are suggested: 

The Negro Year Book. Full of facts, printed every year, 
and up-to-date. J. M. Workes, Tuskegee, Alabama. 

A Century of Negro Migration, G. G. Woodson. Pub¬ 
lished in 1919, dealing with the migration of the Southern 
negro to the North. 

The Negro in Literature and Art; also, Your Negro 
Neighbor, Brawley. 

The Negro, by Du Bois. A comprehensive picture of negro 
life traced from its African home. 

Make a study of the Americanization programs of the various 
agencies working toward that end in your community. 


IV. QUESTIONS OF WORLD PEACE 
A LEAGUE of Nations. Bulletin prepared by Graham 
H. Stuart, of the University of Wisconsin, for debating groups, 
which gives valuable material on both sides of this much-discussed 
question. It contains questions for discussion of problems of 
organization and administration, and a bibliography of avail¬ 
able material, including books, magazine articles, and speeches 
in the United States Senate. Other reading on the same subject: 
America and the League of Nations, addresses of 
President Wilson in Europe. 

Constitution of the League of Nations. Special 
Number, Volume 2, “A League of Nations,” published 
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by World Peace Foundation, 40 Mt. Vernon Street, 
Boston. 

Christian Internationalism, by Wm. P. Merrill. 

The League of Nations, To-day and To-morrow, by 
Horace M. Kallen, Ph.D. 

In the Fourth Year, by H. G. Wells. An exposition of 
the League of Free Nations and of the Idea of Democ¬ 
racy, so linked that together they work out universal justice 
and call upon the preachers of the great world religions to 
support these ideas. 

The World Peace and After, by Carl H. Grabo. An 
intelligent interpretation of the underlying economic issues 
in the world’s conflict. 

Why We Fail as Christians, by Robert Hunter. Holds 
it to be the supreme duty of the church to change the pres¬ 
ent economic and social order because it is the deadly 
enemy of the truly Christian life, and to establish a social 
and economic system in which people can be Christians. 


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CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALS 

“That one Face , far from vanish , rather grows. 

Or decomposes, but to recompose, 

Becomes mp universe that feels and knows ” 

The Main Points, by Chas. Reynolds Brown. A chal¬ 
lenge to straight thinking on some old questions restated in mod¬ 
ern terms. He takes such questions as the divinity of Jesus 
Christ, the atonement, the authority of the Bible, the philosophy 
of prayer, the hope of immortality, and discusses them in terms 
intelligible to all. The book lends itself admirably to group 
discussions by chapters. 

In The Jesus of History, T. H. Glover, the author, says, 
“The discovery of our ignorance is the beginning of knowledge.” 
Dr. Glover leads us in this remarkable book not only to the 
discovery of the many gaps in our thinking about Jesus, but also 
makes Him a new figure for those who enter with him into the 
spirit of the book. Dr. Glover takes up his subject always from 
the point of view of trying to find what Jesus Himself thinks. 
The appendix contains suggestions for study circle discussion, 
and takes up the book by chapters. Plan and teaching outline 
by Eleanor Forman and Mabel Stone. The Womans Press. 

THE KINGDOM OF GOD 

Make a study of the parables of Jesus dealing with the King¬ 
dom of God as found in the Synoptic Gospels, grouping them 
under the following heads: 

Parables of the King’s Grace—Luke 15. 

The Growth of the Kingdom: 

The Mustard Seed—Matt. 13:31-32; Mark 4:30-32; 

Luke 13:18-19. 

The Leaven—Matt. 13:33; Luke 13:20-21. 

The Seed Growing Secretly—Mark 4:26-29. 

The Struggle of the Kingdom Against Evil: 

The Sower—Mark 4:1 -9, 1 3-20; Matt. 13:1-9,18-23; 

Luke 8:4-8, 11-15. 

The Wheat and the Tares—Matt. 13:24-30. 

The Dragnet—Matt. 13:47-50. 

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Conditions of Membership in the Kingdom: 

The Hid Treasure and the Pearl of Great Price—Matt. 
13:44-46. 

The Ten Virgins—Matt. 25 : 1-13. 

The Talents—Matt. 25 :14-30. 

The Treasures of the Kingdom: 

The Rich Fool—Luke 12:13-21. 

The Rich Man and Lazarus—Luke 16:1-9. 

The Social Meaning of Citizenship in the Kingdom: 

The Unforgiving Servant—Matt. 18:21 -35. 

The Good Samaritan—Luke 10:25-37. 

The King’s Judgment—Matt. 25:31-46. 

These are not all the parables. Find others and group them 
as you understand their meaning. Study them all and sum¬ 
marize the result. What do you think Jesus meant by the King¬ 
dom of God? What are its fundamental principles? Is the 
Kingdom practical or theoretical? How did Jesus regard it? 
For what are people striving most to-day as you see it? Illus¬ 
trate. 

In Studies in the Parables of Jesus, by Balford E. 
Luccock, the chapters aim to make an application of the parables 
to the conditions of present-day life in a manner that may be 
suggestive and helpful for Bible class study and discussion. 

Selected Epistles of Paul, by Prof. Edward E. 
Nourse. One gets in the study of these six letters a good idea 
of the fundamentals of Paul’s thinking. This little book could 
be made the basis of a six weeks’ discussion course. 

OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY 

The Religious Experience of Israel, by Wm. J. 
Hutchins, is “a guide to a general survey of Old Testament 
material and to a more intensive study of certain sections which 
have entered largely into the life of the Christian Church. It 
analyzes the great historical periods, and presents in their proper 
setting the religious message characteristic of them.” It answers 
the question of how we got our Bible and is well adapted to 
either individual or class use. It is a book that makes the Old 
Testament a living thing in every-day life. 

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Harold B. Hunting’s The Story of Our Bible shows 
how its various books came to be written and what results they 
achieved; and finally how these books were preserved through 
the centuries and thus handed down to us. This is done for 
both the Old and the New Testament. 

For those who wish to make a more extended study of the 
Old Testament the following books are suggested: 

The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Tes¬ 
tament, Kent. 

How to Know the Bible, Hodges. 

The Bible in the Making, Smythe. 

The Old Testament and Its Contents, Robertson. 

The Life and Literature of the Ancient Hebrews, 
Abbott. 

History of the Hebrews, Sanders. 

Bible Dictionary, Hastings. 

THE GREAT RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD 

FAITHS of Mankind, by Edmund D. Soper, is intended 
for “those who have never made a study of the religions of the 
world. The purpose is to present the various religions in such 
a manner as to create intelligent and sympathetic interest in every 
form of religion.’’ The book can be used for discussion groups. 

The Religions of the World, by George Erran Bar¬ 
ton, is a good book for reading in this connection; also INTRO¬ 
DUCTION to the Study of Comparative Religions, by 
Frank B. Jevons. 

For the contribution of the different churches to religious 
thought and experience, A HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN 
Church, by Williston Walker. 

PRESENT-DAY MOVEMENTS TOWARD CO-OPERATION 
IN SERVICE 

Literature can be obtained on application at the INTER- 
CHURCH World Movement, 894 Broadway, New York; 
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in 
America, 105 East 22nd Street, New York. 

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One of the most important commissions of the Council is that 
on the Church and Social Service which issued a Message for 
Labor Sunday, 1919, consisting of three parts: Democracy in 
Industry, The Church and Social Reconstruction, and State¬ 
ment by Twenty British Quaker Employers, which is a fine 
survey and analysis of labor problems and constructive proposals 
for adjustment. 

The World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship 
Through the Churches, 105 East 22nd Street, New York. 

The Methodist Federation for Social Service, 150 Fifth 
Avenue, New York, publishes the Social Service Bulletin, which 
contains all up-to-date information on social and economic ques¬ 
tions. 

A pamphlet entitled Social AGENCIES, by E. L. Latti- 
more, gives a classified list of all agencies functioning in a com¬ 
munity. Industrial Committee, Department of Research and 
Method, National Board, Young Womens Christian Associa¬ 
tions, 600 Lexington Avenue, New York. 


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STUDIES IN PERSONALITY 

What is the secret of what we call “personality”? What is 
the essence of greatness? By what can one’s influence be meas¬ 
ured? Is it true that “one’s influence is in direct proportion to 
the proof of his sincerity”? A modern scholar and writer has 
said, “Biography is the most worth-while reading.” Perhaps 
its greatest charm and power is in the light it throws on the 
inner life of men and women whose achievements have made 
them live. A study of some of the great personalities of all time 
is most repaying in the revealing light it throws on this “inner 
spring” of conduct, as that of: 

St. Catherine of Siena—the unconquerable mystic. 

St. Francis of Assisi—a knight of Christ. 

Martin Luther—the apostle of spiritual freedom. 

Joan of Arc—a “great soul with a great purpose,” which 
neither triumph nor defeat could change. 

Abraham Lincoln—the man who “saw essentials,” and in 
the light of that vision was unafraid. 

Florence Nightingale—whose mercy was as pervasive as 
the light. 

John Bright—the friend of those who work. 

Phillips Brooks—whose character is summed up in the 
same words in which he referred to Lincoln, “The greatness 
of real goodness, and the goodness of real greatness.” 

Mary Lyon—a pioneer whose monument is the higher edu¬ 
cation of women. 

Mary Slessor of Calabar—who walked with God in dark 
places and brought light. 

Biography is often a matter of personal reading and study. 
Its value is increased when a group can get together and dis¬ 
cuss what each considers the real value of the contribution of the 
life studied. References are not given here because of the wealth 
of material available. Consult the librarian for the best biog¬ 
raphies of each life. 

FOR INDIVIDUAL READING 

Records of personality revealed in the face of terrific tests of 
character as furnished in war literature hold the interest now as 


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then. John R. Mott says, “In the vast literature associated with 
the war, some of the pages of most priceless value are those 
which reveal the attitude of mind and heart of young men seek¬ 
ing to bring to bear their religious principles and faith upon the 
new and searching tests of the moral and physical battlefields of 
modern warfare—tests which try men’s souls by fire.’’ These 
revealed attitudes of mind and heart are valuable to-day for 
those whose principles and faith are also being tested in the fire 
of the experience of their application to modern economic and 
social problems. Some of these that stand out with ususual 
power are: 

A STUDENT in Arms, by Donald Hankey. Everyone who 
tries to lead should read the chapter, “The Beloved Captain.*’ 

T he Soul of the Soldier, by Thomas Tiplady. The 
revelation of the splendor of the human spirit, where one did not 
look for splendor, was to Thomas Tiplady a never-ceasing 
miracle. 

The Cross AT the Front, by Thomas Tiplady. In this 
picture of the reality of the unseen and eternal, the author says, 
“Spiritual courage is the doom of war. Men are feeling the 
need of something bigger than war for their energy and valor, 
and they will find it in the battle against poverty, suffering, 
ignorance and sin. Christian conduct must be no longer merely 
conventional. It must be creative.’* 

Letters from France, by Victor Chapman. These show 
the effects of doing, as he says, “The first thing that I have ever 
done that has been worth while, or may ever do.’’ 

A Soldier of France to His Mother. Contains the 
reactions of an artist to the experiences of war. It was said of 
him, “Thanks to a mercy which he never imagined would be 
his when he left the sweet solitude of an artist for the sweat, the 
servitude and the melees of the front, he doubtless there pro¬ 
duced the best that was in him; and we may well ask whether 
in the regular course of an artist’s existence it would have been 
granted him to express himself in the fullness and beauty found 
in these letters.’’ 


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For France and the Faith, by Alfred Eugene Casalis. 
Thoughts on war of a young man who was an “idealist at 
heart.” 

Also the Letters of Alan Seeger, and the Poems of 
Rupert Brooke. 


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SOME OLD QUESTIONS IN MODERN FORM 

(For discussion groups) 

Autumn Crocuses, by Anne Douglas Sedgwick, Atlantic 
Monthly, August, 1919. What is the place of suffering in life, 
either physical, spiritual or mental? 

The Faker, by Philip Curtiss; Scribner’s, September, 

1919. Does ability need to be advertised? What methods 
would you suggest to make “the rank and file” read the best 
books ? 

The Gulf, by Beth Bradford Gilchrist; Harper’s, Sep¬ 
tember, 1919. What qualities of spirit does an adventure 
demand? Do you consider that the principles in this story 
“played the game”? 

Caesar’s Ghost, by Margaret Adelaide Wilson; Atlantic 
Monthly, October, 1919. Do you agree that “when a man 
has a large end in view he must be ruthless or fail”? 

Saul, by Robert Browning. Can one be sure of the good¬ 
ness of God? Read in connection with this the last verse of 
“An Epistle.” In The Death in the Desert, Browning presents 
a portrait of one who has seen the love of God incarnate. 

CAUGHT, by Mr. and Mrs. Halderman Julius; Atlantic 
Monthly, November, 1919. What is real happiness? Can it 
be obtained through searching for it? Read in this connection, 
The Pursuit of Happiness, by Arthur Clutton Brock, in 
Atlantic Monthly, December, 1919. 

Open the Gates, a poem by Margaret Prescott Monta¬ 
gue; Atlantic Monthly, November, 1919. 

FuLLCIRCLE, by John Buchan; Atlantic Monthly, January, 

1920. To what extent is one moulded by environment? 


The books mentioned in this outline can be secured through 
local dealers or through The Womans Press, 600 Lexington 
Avenue, New York City. 


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